Repent, The End is Near
Description: Join Rabbi Eric Wisnia as he reflects on his rabbinate, Jewish life and the changes he has seen over the last 40 years. His reflections will frame Jewish history and offer a perspective for what is yet to come. Bring your own Kosher-style lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided.
Date: Thursday, January 24th at 12:30pm
Location: Congregation Beth Chaim (329 Village Road East, West Windsor)
RSVP: Required to Beth Englezos at bethe@jfcsonline.org or 609-987-8100 ext. 126.
Description: Rabbi Wisnia’s profession may be Judaism but his passion is the Civil War and, in his retirement, his passion will become focus. Join Rabbi Wisnia as he explains the premise of his magnum opus.
Description: Using his late wife’s story of being a hidden child in the Holocaust, Keith Sachs will lead a discussion on the struggles with faith of post-war Jewish children. His presentation will push participants to grapple with their own issues of Jewishness and belonging. A kosher lunch will be served and there is a suggested donation of $5.00 per person.
Description: We tend to think of King David as heroic – the slayer of Goliath and the one who united Israel into one kingdom. But many of David’s actions were disturbingly “un-heroic”. Please join us as we examine the many faces of David, the second King of Israel. This program will be presented by Beverly Rubman and Roslyn Vanderbilt. A kosher lunch will be served and there is a suggested donation of $5.00 per person.
This book examines the history of messianic hope and anticipation, its evolution in Judaism and Jewish history, and other interpretations of “messiah” that shed new light on what it means to usher in the “kingdom of God.” This fascinating book is our call to see ourselves as the fulfillment of, not the anticipators of, messianic change. A kosher lunch will be served and there is a suggested donation of $5.00 per person.
DESCRIPTION: As a twenty-three-year old graduate student, Aaron Lansky set out to save the world’s abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Today, more than a million books later, he has accomplished what has been called “the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history.” In the book Outwitting History, Lansky shares his adventures as well as the poignant and often laugh-out-loud stories he heard as he traveled the country collecting books. A kosher lunch will be served and there is a suggested donation of $5.00 per person.